Kathryn Skaggs, runs a blog called, “A Well Behaved Mormon Woman” In her latest post, I struggle with her self-anointed title as well as her trademark “Just trying to Do More good one day at a time tDMg” (more…)

Daniel Peterson, long a conservative political activist, has jettisoned the GOP and joined ranks with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a fellow Mormon, to lead the fight for more comprehensive gun control legislation. Specifically Peterson will labor in Utah, (where he is a professor at The BYU) in an effort to bring some semblance of sanity to Utah’s current gun culture. When pressed for a comment, Peterson replied: “‘Interpret’ it how you want–but after Mitt’s dismal showing last year and the GOP’s future prospects, I’ve decided to lead a new and more positive, constructive life.” There have apparently also been discussions of Peterson leaving the newly formed Interpreter A Journal of Mormon Scripture–an online Mormon Apologetic publication–to take a position as the social media editor for Dialogue, a Journal of Mormon Thought. Neither Peterson, or Kristine Haglund (Dialogue’s current Editor–and shoe fashion guru) could be reached for further comment.

John Dehlin, in his never ending class act at self promotion and denigration of any who dare criticize his methods, keeping it classy over at his Mormon Stories Facebook page with this latest post:

I know I should be charitable toward you, John. You’re a “brother” in the Community of Saints. I should refrain from the “ad hominem” attacks you are so fond of flinging at anyone who dares criticize anything you do. But, I just gotta say, John: The reality is I’m the weakest of those who are or who can be called a Saint. I’m the guy who Benjamin had exactly in mind when he wrote Mosiah 3:19. So, you’ll just have to excuse my own classless characterization of you. I just think you’re a pathetic prick . . . (More of the Facebook Comments from the Mormon Stories Facebook Page below the fold) (more…)

So proclaims Paul Mero, President of the Sutherland Institute, a conservative think tank in Utah. And, he’s referring to the two sides in the so called “gay rights” debate, one that encompases the most basic of civil rights and the so called fundamental right to genderless marriage. The Salt Lake Tribune published Mero’s thoughts in an article entitled Too Complicated to find Common Ground. (more…)

For my other Tolerance posts see Tolerance I, Tolerance II, Tolerance III. Well, its been almost two weeks now since election day, and amazingly one issue remains in the news cycle on an almost daily basis since that time: Proposition 8 and the Mormon Church. That’s right, the Mormon Church, its members, and other persons of faith have been singled out and targeted for engaging in the exercise of an actual constitutionally protected fundamental right–the right to vote and participate in the political process. The vitriol, hate, intolerance and lawlessness in some cases exhibited by those who disagreed with Proposition 8 supporters has been frightening and should give pause to those who truly cherish our democratic institutions and the rule of law. See also S.P. Bailey’s These Cultural Wars post over at A Motley Vision. And, there is Marc Bohn’s Rhetoric, Ideology and Prop 8 over at Times and Seasons.

Meridian Magazine has two articles with incredible photos, that if you have not seen, you should. The two articles are: The Hypocrisy of the Tolerance Movement and In the Face of Hatred. Both are well done, and you should read them both. The photos accompanying the second article are truly remarkable and alarming. The author, Paul Bishop of this article is an LDS LAPD veteran, who makes some good points. Because I think the photos are particularly powerful, I repost them below, for those who may not get over to the Meridian website on a regular basis: (more…)